Combined spout and spray fixture



June 18, 1929. M. J. GLAUBER COMBINED SPOUT AND SPRAY FIXTURE Filed May17, 1927 Q w" gm Patented-lune 18, UNITED STATES 1,717,678 PATENT.OFFICE.

MYRON J. GLAUBER, OF BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO BUCKNELLSUP- PLY COMPANY, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF DOINGBUSINESS AS SPHINX MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

commivnn srour AND SPRAY rixr uan Application filed May 17, 1927. SerialNo. 192,099.

This invention relates to combined spout and spray fixtures, and is morepartlcularly related to 'a fixture including a single valve forcontrolling the mixing of hot and cold water and for delivering the sameto either a spout mounted within a bathtub or the like, below thefixture, and to a shower or spray head mounted above the fixture.

In my co-pending application for combination spout and spray fixture,filed June 23, 1926, Serial No. 117,951, I have shown and described acombination spout and spray fixture, including an ejector device and apair of valves for controlling the admission of hot and cold water tothe ejector device, the "ejector device being connected with a bathtubspout and with ashower head in such a mane ner that, when the hot andcold water are admitted to the ejector device, the mixed water isprevented from backing up into the shower head by the ejector device.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved form of fixture ofthe same type which includes only a single valve for controlling the hotand cold water and the mixing thereof. I

Another object of this invention is to provide a combined spout andspray fixture including a single casting adapted to be connected at theo posed branches to hot and cold water supp y pipes, and also providinga mixing chamber and an ejector device communicating' with the mixingchamber, the single casting being connected [at a second pair of opposedbranches with a shower head above the casting and a spout mounted belowthe casting, and having a diverting valve mounted therein.

Another object of this invention is to rovide a combined spout and sprayfixture which includes only a single valve for the control of the mixingof hot and cold water to'enable a reduction of the cost of installationof such a fixture, and which also may be installed with a minimum oflabor and is comparatively inexpensive in maintenance and upkeep.

Other objects of this invention it is believed will beapparent from thefollowing detailed description of a preferred embodiment there-.

of as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: I Figure 1 is a side elevation of an installationembodying this invention illustratm'g the same as mounted in positionrelative to a wall shown in section.

Figure 2 is a perspective sectional view of the mixing valve, ejectordevice and device providing the hot and cold water mixing chamber asembodied in this invention.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the valve control handle and indicatingdial escutcheon embodied in this invention.

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmental sectional view of the spout embodiedin this invention illustrating one form of diverting valve mountedtherein.

In the preferred embodiment of this invention shown in the accompanyingdrawings, 1 illustrates a spray or shower head and 2 a spout. The spout2 is illustrated as mounted in position to discharge water into abathtub 3. Means are provided for mixing the hot and cold water and forcontrolling the flow of hot and cold water to the shower head 1 on theone end and the spout 2 on the other end, which means are preferably ofthe following construction: A mixing valve is provided which includes abody 4 having opposed branches 5 and 6. The branch 6, is adapted to beconnected with the cold water supply pipe, and the opposed branch 5 isadapted to be connected with a hotwate'r supply pipe. "The body 4 isprovided with a substantially cylindrical portion 7 which extends acrossthe branches 5 and 6 and is provided with staggered ports 8 and 9through which hot and cold Water is admitted into the interior of thecylindrical portion 7 of the body 4. I Mounted within the cylindricalportion 7 of the body 4 is a tight-fitting plug 10 which is providedwith a cut away porear.momma,v I

tion as illustrated at 11. The plug 10 is secured by any suitable means,as illustrated at 12, to the valve stem 13. The valve stem'13 isprovided with compression threads 14 in any suitable or desired manner,as is well.

connecting member 12 between the ground plug 10 and stem 11 provides apackinghead which is adapted to seat upon the packing "seat 16 when theplug 10 is rotated by means of the stem 13 to the position to shut oilthe cold water admitted to the branch 6, and the packing means providedby the connecting member 12 engaging the seat 16 shuts oil the of mixingvalve disclosed herewith is fully.

describedand claimed in the co-pending application of Theodore T.Lederer, filed Nov. 13, 1926, Serial No. 148,176.

Screw-threaded as indicated at 17 to the branch 15 is an extension cap18. The cap 18 is provided with a packing recess 19 within which apacking cone 20 is mounted. Additional packing means may be providedsuch, for example, as a lead washer 21, which is mounted at the innerend of the packing cone 20 in position to engage the end face of thebranch 15. In order to properly guide the stem 13 a pair of washers 22are provided which are mounted within an annular recess formed in thebranch 15, and closely fit the stem 13.

In order to adapt the fixture to be easily mounted behind a wall'23without regard to the position of the hot and cold water supply pipes,the caps 18 is provided for a considerable portion of its length withthreads23 into which a threaded nipple 24 is screw-threaded. Thethreaded nipple 24 is provided at 1ts outer end with an escutcheonholder 25 by -means of which the escutcheon 26 is held in position.

Preferably formed integral with the body 4 in front of the branches 5and 6 are a pair oftransversely extending branches 27 and 28. The branch27 is adapted to be connected by any suitable or desirable means asindicated 7 at 29, with the bathtub spout 2. The branch 28 is adapted tobe connected by any suitable or desirable means such as indicated at 30with the shower head or spray 1. Intermediate with the branches 27 and28 there is provided within the casting a mixing chamber 31 within whichthe hot and cold water admitted thereto and controlled by the mixingvalve is mixed prior to the same being discharged to either the spray 1or the spout 2.

. tion at its inner end with the chamber 31 and extending into thebranch 27 of the casting be ond the end 34 of the passage32. The

tu e 33 being rojected to slightly beyond the entrance en 34 of thepassage 32 provides an ejector device which creates a suction within thepassage 32 preventing the water from backing up through the passage 32,and hence from passing through the connecting means 30 and out of thespray 1 when-it is desired to discharge the water into the bathtub 3through a spout 2. The use of this ejector device prevents all leakageof water from the spray or shower head 1 when it is not desired toemploy the same for a shower.

In order to permit the hot and cold water mixed in the chamber 31 to bedischarged through the spray 1 when desired, there is provided in thespout 2 diverting means 35 by means of which the water mixed within themixing chamber 31 is prevented from discharging from the spout 2 and ishence caused to backup around the ejector device and flow through thepassage 32, connecting means 30 and, hence from the spray or shower head1.

The diverting means 35 may be of any suitable or desirable form, and aremerely illus trated as comprising a disk 36 which is pivotally mountedwithin the spout 2 on a pin 37, to which an operating handle 38 issecured.

The disk 36 is formed to closely fit within the passage formed throughthe spout 2, but it is not necessary to provide at this point a leakproof valve, as a slight leakage of Water through the spout 2 when theshower head 1 is being used is not noticeable as the water from theshower head 1, in the common installation, is discharging into thebathtub 3.

Means are provided for'indicating the mixture of water bein obtainedwithin the mixing chamber 31 t rough the mixing valve, which means arepreferably of the following construction: The escutcheon 26 which isheld in position by means of the escutcheon holder 25 on the outer facethe wall 23, is provided around its periphery with indicating marks orwords such as illustrated at 39. The handle 40 which is secured to-thestem 13 of the mixing valve is provided with an indicating arrow 41, andby means of the indicating arrow 41 and words 39 the user is enabled toset the handle 40 to give him approximately the desired temperature ofhis shower or bath.

'Having fully described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it isto be understood thatI do not wish to be limited to the details hereinset forth, and my invention is of the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

,1. In a device. of the class described, the combination of a bodyhaving a pair of inlet branches and a pair o,f outlet branches, a mixingvalve for controlling the inlet branches an ejector deviceformed ithinthe body and connecting with a mixing chamber formed within the body, aspray head connected with one of the outlet branches, :1 spout connectedwith the other outlet branch, and a diverting ply pipes, an ejectordevice operably connect ed with the mixing valve outlet, meansconnecting the mixing valve outlet with the spray head, means connectingthe mixing valve outlet with the spout, and a diverter valve operable inopened position to emit water to pass through said spout an in closedposition to cause said water to pass through said head.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a mixingvalve,hot and cold water supply pipes connected with the mixing valve,an ejector device operably connected with the outlet of said mixingvalve, a 20 spray head, means connecting the spray head in positionabove and with the mixing valves, a spout, means connecting the spoutwith the mixing valve, and a diverter valve operably connected with saidspout.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a mixing valvehaving hot and cold water inlets, an ejector device operably connectedwith said mixing valve, the mixing valve having an outlet communicatingwith a spray head, and an outlet communicating with a spout, and adiverting valve to transfer the flow of water either through the. s outor through the spray head.

Signed at hicago, Illinois, this fourteenth day of May, 1927.

T MYRON J. GLAUBER.

